The Dreaded Project

Finally!!! The siding on the house is complete! Now we just have to pick a house color. Oh Boy!

Porter Wedding

At the wedding Aaron and Tara had friends come and take fun photos of us. They had a "Photobooth" set up with all sorts of fun props for us to play with. I had no idea how much time my kids spent at the photobooth until I found these pictures today on the photographers website. How fun is this!?!?

Little Big Kicks with Kaden

Kaden loves soccer. He likes to go out almost every day and kick the ball around. He is very upset if he doesn't get to go with me to Makayla's practice. We started off this season with Kaden doing SOOO much better than last year in Little Big Kicks. He went out and did everything the coach told him to do until the very end when he decided he was done. However, this last week he did not do well at all and I ended up playing soccer with him and all the little 4 year olds the whole time. Hopefully next week will bring us a new attitude.

Soccer 2011

I had no idea I would LOVE the soccer season so much. I find myself anxiously awaiting the next practice or game. I think Makayla is having a good time too.

Makayla has blown away my expectations for her first year of playing soccer.

Her first goal kick.

Crazy Hat Day

It was Crazy Hat Day in preschool today! Kaden wore his monkey hat that Aunt Corinna made him for his birthday. It looked so cute on him.

Kaden's friend Mckenzie. She got to wear her daddy's police hat to school.

This Summer

A quick view of this summer's events. This last spring we found a great deal on a new-to-us trailer. As soon as we could we started making camping reservations anywhere that was still available.

We started off the camping season with a trip to Cape Lookout. It was typical Oregon Beach weather but we lucked out with only rain at night and pretty comfortable days for playing on the beach.

Our next trip was to Champoeg Park. It seems so silly to camp so close to home but it was really nice to just be away from the hosue and responsibilities and the kids sure had a blast with all the family who were there. We celebrated Mema's birthday and Chelsea's 1st birthday while we were there.

A couple weeks later we went to Winchester Bay and went camping with Sarah and Charlie (Michael's sister and brother-in-law). This was our first ever Sand Dune experience and we had a BLAST!!!! We took our little quads and just played for 4 days on the sand. Huge thanks to Sarah and Charlie for sharing their toys.

Even the little girls had a great time!!

We continued through the summer camping as much as we could. We went to Waterloo, Ft. Stevens, Timothy Lake and Silver Falls.

My "little" brother got married this summer!!! Aaron proposed to Tara in July and at the end of August they said I Do! We spent a good amount of time helping out with the wedding and helping Tara with a Groom's gift. The ceremony was beautiful and the recption was like a huge picnic. It was great and all the hard work was well worth it. I have a bunch of pictures posted on Facebook or photobucket, you should check them out!

We also had some out of town guests this summer which was really fun. We took some time and visited the nearby vineyards and went for some hikes and just enjoyed some time with friends and family we don't get to see very much.

School Web Pages

I know I haven't blogged for a really long time, it appears that I took the summer off. While trying to help Makayla with her homework I came across these really cool websites. For you homeschooling Mama's out there this should be pretty helpful.

Webpage
www.adaptedmind.com
www.aplusmath.com
www.mathfactcafe.com
www.coolmath4kids.com


iphone Apps
math Puppy
Math02

one more project

Although we probably should have finished the siding on the house first, Michael and I couldn't help but want to put in a garden this year. So we just started making random raised boxes out in the area we would like to have the garden. Once we would complete a box we would plant something in it.Finally we got some warm weather so that we could enjoy our veggies. Of course Michael and I have yet to taste the cherry tomatoes because the kids eat them too fast.

I have never had bell peppers grow so well! The kids actually like them too. Makayla has been taking sliced peppers in her lunch to school.

Fruits of our labor. Lemon cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes, zuchini, hot peppers